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Martin's Life-Personal Narrative

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It all happened out of nowhere. In January 1998, Martin came home complaining of a sore throat. As the days followed things got worst. He stopped eating, started sleeping for a long period, and had developed pain when walking. He stopped using his body and started to forget things. It’s pretty alarming how at first you can be fine, and in instant get severely sick. He slowly started forgetting where he was and his speech started deteriorating. What shocked me so much is the things he endured when he was in a vegetative like state, but still endured them later on when he could comprehend what was going around his surroundings. It was pretty upsetting how Martin knew that many of his caregivers talked to him as if he wasn’t there. Surprisingly

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